Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP was 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Change on year
down 43.4%
Rank
42nd
of 42 groups
All-time high
0.0422 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 1960
All-time low
0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Years of data
62
1960–2024
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 62 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 43.4% on the previous year and down 86.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0422 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, in 2024.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 42 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0422 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1961 | 0.0292 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -30.8% |
| 1962 | 0.03 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0183 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -39.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0233 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +27.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0185 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -20.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0253 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +36.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0253 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0287 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0162 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -43.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0175 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0094 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -46.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0069 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -26.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0062 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0038 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -38.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0048 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +25.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0083 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +73.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0082 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0069 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -16.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0041 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -40.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0054 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +29.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0041 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -23.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0042 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0036 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0035 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -24.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0023 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0022 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -22.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0023 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +22.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0021 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -61.8% |
| 1999 | 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +169.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -18.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -29.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -31.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -26.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -56.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +53.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -15.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -39.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -27.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -19.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | -43.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +169.2% | 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0257 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0162 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0422 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0081 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0038 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0175 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.0047 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0026 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0082 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0017 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 39 Estonia 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
- 40 Kosovo 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
- 41 Cape Verde 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
- 42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
- 43 Cambodia 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
- 44 Nicaragua 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
- 45 Denmark 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP compare
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -41.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0156 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 346.78 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 93.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 20,397 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0422 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 1960.
- What is the lowest arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in 2024.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 42nd out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
- Is arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Arms imports Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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About this data
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.